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    Passenger jet makes safe Belfast emergency landing

    By PETER MORRISON | Associated Press – Tue, Feb 7, 2012

    BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — A passenger plane made a safe emergency landing Tuesday after developing technical problems, Belfast International Airport said.

    The Thomas Cook Airbus A320, bound from Belfast to Tenerife, landed at around 1130 GMT (6:30 a.m. EDT), the airport said.

    A spokeswoman from Thomas Cook, one of Britain's biggest tour operators, said that 175 people were on board the plane. She spoke on condition of anonymity, citing company policy,

    A "minor technical difficulty with the landing gear" caused the pilot to turn back to the airport shortly after it took off, she said.

    The plane circled over Northern Ireland to use up fuel before landing, as fire engines and ambulances waited on the runway.

    The aircraft will be inspected by fire officials before passengers are allowed to disembark, the airport said.

    All the passengers will return to the same plane at 3 p.m. and continue their journey to Tenerife, Thomas Cook said.

     

    14 comments

    • KarlM
      KarlM  •  3 mths ago
      If your are just going to fly around to burn off fuel, why not just go to where you were heading?
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        Because you are over a field with full emergency gear. You don't want to be anywhere else.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Sandia Park, New Mexico  •  3 mths ago
      It must be a slow news day. Aircraft return to the field on a daily basis due to mechanical issues. I think this one seemed more exciting since it involved the landing gear. From the story it sounds like an indicator malfunctioned. Replace the bulb or reset the circuit breaker and off you go.
    • Jeetani
      Jeetani  •  Houston, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      A320 is a piece of European junk.
      They tried to copy 737, but did not have drawings, only digital photos, you can not copy from the photos.
    • Steve
      Steve  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      I wouldn't get back on THAT plane!!!!
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        Why? I can almost guarantee that any plane you have ever been on has had mechanical problems that were fixed. I happens every day. Things break, things get fixed and the world goes on.
      • The Sherrif
        The Sherrif 3 mths ago
        I used to have a phobia about flying which has been addressed. Let me say that James is right !
    • john
      john  •  Wallingford, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      Rest assured I'll be asking my ticket agent to confirm that I'm not aboard any Airbus.
      • Juno
        Juno 3 mths ago
        That's dumb.
    • Joe C
      Joe C  •  3 mths ago
      I think the Captain was Italian, you can bet he was TOLD to fly it out or you are out, previous job was steering a curse liner
      • The Sherrif
        The Sherrif 3 mths ago
        Is a curse liner like a cruise liner or is it a curse to be on a cruiseliner?
    • Ace
      Ace  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      MUST HAVE BROKE A BAG PIPE ?
      • Patrick
        Patrick 3 mths ago
        Don't you mean Scotland where bagpipes originated, not Northern Ireland
    • Liberal Idiot
      Liberal Idiot  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      If I had a choice I would ever fly with an Airbus.. European garbage
    • dfjhgjfghjf
      dfjhgjfghjf  •  Hauppauge, New York  •  3 mths ago
      All the passengers will return to the same plane at 3 p.m. and continue their journey to Tenerife, Thomas Cook said.

      ..LOL Your Happy vacation starts now.
    • watcher1
      watcher1  •  Tomball, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      a lot of airlines fly this aircraft, both in the u.s. and overseas..unfortunately, american airlines has mad a contractual purchase with airbus instead of boeing..they dont have a great reputation for safety..
    • watashi wa
      watashi wa  •  3 mths ago
      @ jeetani A320 is a piece of European junk.
      They tried to copy 737, but did not have drawings, only digital photos, you can not copy
      from the photos.

      The A320 is very different from a 737, Take a look at the cockpits, you will notice that the A320 has no flight yoke. As far as "copying", well planes are pretty much the same shape so that they can fly. Comments motivated by the base emotion of patriotism.
    • fred
      fred  •  3 mths ago
      Spooky...........
    • English John R.
      English John R.  •  Scottsdale, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      No matter who's the maker "better-safe-than-sorry" Well done Thomas Cook and its affiliate air-line. There are many incidents world wide, as someone pointed out here "must be a slow news day" Hardly, whist Obamanation and spewing his rhetoric trying to save his job! "If only I could control Congress" So God-Like!!!!
    • The Guffaw Conspiracy
      The Guffaw Conspiracy  •  3 mths ago
      The plane was glitter-bombed by the Leprechaun Liberation Front.
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